Clinical predictors of health-related quality of life after pacemaker implantation

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 739-743

  Benzer, Werner ^a   Oldridge, Neil ^b   Monti, Michael Anelli ^c   Berger, Thomas ^d   Hintringer, Florian ^d   Höfer, Stefan ^d  

^a Academic Hospital   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

ECG diagnoses; Health related quality of life; Pacemaker therapy; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846473658     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0714-y     Document Type: Article

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